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🌱 When children worked in Eastport's sardine canneries

Eastport, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good day Eastport! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • When children worked in Eastport's sardine canneries
  • Remembering Beverley Jane Andrews, whose family includes Eastport relatives

Also on today's calendar: Seacoast Artisans 27th Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 45, low: 38.
  • Friday: A little rain, with a high of 43 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 27 Jobs Children Did a Century Ago (go2tutors.com) — Children working in Eastport's sardine canneries feature in this look at 27 jobs young people once routinely held. Lewis Hine's 1911 photograph of a seven-year-old Eastport boy injured while cutting sardines documents the hazards children faced in an industry that worked around the arrival of fishing boats.
   

• Obituary: Beverley Jane Andrews (centralmaine.com) — Beverley Jane Andrews of Oakland died Oct. 20, shortly before her 86th birthday, leaving family including sister-in-law Shireen Burse and niece Lisa Burse of Eastport. Remembered for her devotion to family, gardening and love of animals, she will be honored at interment services Nov. 15 at Lewis Cemetery in Oakland.
   

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Ok Eastport! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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